Joint Powers Authority

In 1964, the Las Virgenes - Triunfo Joint Powers Authority (JPA) was established between Las Virgenes and Triunfo Sanitation Districts to treat wastewater within the Malibu Creek watershed. The JPA owns and operates the Tapia Water Reclamation Facility (Tapia). Tapia began operating at 0.5 million gallons per day in 1965. In 1972, the district began the practice of applying recycled water from Tapia to local landscapes.

In light of burgeoning local population in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Tapia's capacity was again expanded to its ultimate build-out of 16 million gallons per day. In 1994, the JPA began operations at the Rancho Las Virgenes Composting Facility which transforms biosolids extracted from wastewater into market-ready soil amendment.

The JPA Board is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.

The March and September meetings are held at the Oak Park Library
899 N. Kanan Rd., Oak Park, CA

NOTE: Because of Labor Day, the September meeting is often rescheduled to another date.

All other meeting are held at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
4232 Las Virgenes Rd., Calabasas, CA